Maersk stories:
U.S. vessel Maersk Alabama repels pirates in 2nd attack
Nov 19th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Nairobi, Kenya - Guards aboard the Maersk Alabama cargo ship used guns and a sound blaster Wednesday to repel the second pirate attack in seven months on the U.S. vessel...
Crew thwarts pirates' attempt to recapture Maersk Alabama
Nov 19th, 2009 - BostonHerald
A former crewman of a ship attacked by Somali pirates yesterday for the second time in seven months said he warned the Maersk Alabama should be renamed, repainted or sent to steam far away because khat-chewing pirates would strike again.American ship Maersk Alabama repels pirates after being attacked again
Nov 18th, 2009 - kansascity
Guards aboard the Maersk Alabama used guns and a sound blaster Wednesday to repel the second pirate attack in seven months on the U.S. vessel at a time when ships are increasingly hiring armed security teams to thwart hijackings.Lesson from foiled pirate attack on Maersk Alabama? Fire back.
Nov 18th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
Washington - The lesson from an unsuccessful pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden this week was simple: Guns talk. The Maersk Alabama, the American-flagged ship infamously attacked by pirates in April...
Maersk Alabama Captains Were Classmates Before Battling Pirates
Nov 18th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The man who captained the MaerskAlabama as it repelled a pirate attack off Somalia today was aclassmate and friend of the officer at its helm when the shipwas hijacked in the same area six months ago.
Maersk videos from YouTube:
1:18EMMA MAERSK
The first build of Maersk Line's E-Series, the 11000 TEU Emma Maersk as seen from the 4300 TEU Maersk Missouri. This was shot about 50 nm west of Port Said in the Med Sea on 23 November, 2006 after both captains agreed to close into within 1 ...
4:57Clementine Maersk heavy weather
heavy weather. Lost 3 containers and 47 fucked.
1:26Emma Maersk ON FIRE - World's Largest Container Ship
gCaptain.com brings you The Emma Maersk is a true Modern Marvel. The largest contanership ever built, longest ship currently in service and is propelled by the largest diesel engine ever manufactured. By mid-year 2006 the construction ...
1:28Big Ship - Emma Maersk, Wal-Mart gets its stuff from China
This big ship the Emma Maersk will hold 15000 containers and has a 207' beam and is 1302' long! That 207' beam means it was NOT designed for the Panama or Suez Canal. It is strictly transpacific. more...The cruise speed: 31 knots ...
Maersk from WikiPedia:
The A.P. Moller - Maersk Group (Danish: A.P. Møller - Mærsk Gruppen) is a Danish business conglomerate more commonly known simply as Maersk. Maersk has activities in a variety of business sectors, primarily within the transportation and energy sectors. It is the largest container ship operator and supply vessel operator in the world.
A.P. Moller - Maersk is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, with subsidiaries and offices in more than 135 countries worldwide and around 120,000 employees. It ranked 106 on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2009, up from 131 in 2008.
A.P. Moller - Maersk’s activities are organised into four main business segments: Container shipping and related activities; APM Terminals; Tankers, offshore and other shipping activities; Oil and gas activities; Retail acivity; and Shipyards, other industrial companies, interest in Danske Bank, etc.
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